| This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World Contributor(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab (Author), Nye, Naomi Shihab (Selected by) |
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ISBN: 0689806302 ISBN-13: 9780689806308 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 1996 Annotation: From the East and from the West, from across the oceans, from places where it is tomorrow or even yesterday, from 68 countries come 129 unforgettable voices that will thrill, sadden, surprise, and exhilarate. An ALA Notable Children's Book. A Booklist Editors' Choice. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - General |
| Dewey: 808.819 |
| LCCN: 92011617 |
| Age Level: 12-17 |
| Grade Level: 7-12 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 8.9" L (0.85 lbs) 212 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2000 pg. 1874 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A beautiful collection of poems from around the world selected by renowned anthologist Naomi Shihab Nye. This award-winning multicultural compilation of poetry introduces more than 125 poems from sixty-eight countries around the world, many translated into English for the first time, and offers glimpses of similarities across people despite cultural differences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab: - Naomi Shihab Nye is an award-winning writer and editor whose work has appeared widely. She edited the ALA Notable international poetry collection, This Same Sky, and The Tree Is Older Than You Are: Poems and Paintings from Mexico, as well as The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems and Paintings from the Middle East. Her books of poems include Fuel, Red Suitcase, and Words Under the Words. A Guggenheim fellow, she is also the author of the young adult novel Habibi, which was named an ALA Notable Book, a Best Book for Young Adults, and winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award as well as the Book Publishers of Texas award from the Texas Institute of Letters. Naomi lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, Michael, and their son, Madison. |
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